NEDELK V. STIMSON et al. - Page 26



            Interference No. 102,755                                                                   


            48) of a brake control circuit for controlling brake selection                             
            as a function of pedal position and aircraft speed (Moseley,                               
            NR 19, ¶ 5).                                                                               
                        Because for the foregoing reasons Nedelk has failed                            
            to prove that a decision was made prior to Stimson's February                              
            16, 1988, benefit date, to reduce Nedelk's invention to                                    
            practice, Nedelk's excuses for inactivity are unpersuasive and                             
            Nedelk cannot be credited with diligence.  Accordingly,                                    
            judgment is being entered infra against Nedelk's claims on                                 
            that ground.                                                                               
                        Furthermore, assuming for the sake of argument that                            
            the evidence demonstrates such a decision had been made prior                              
            to Stimson's benefit date, judgment would be entered against                               
            Nedelk for failing to adequately account for the five-month                                
            period between Stimson's benefit date and July 1988, when                                  
            Nedelk's braking concept was considered for inclusion in                                   
            ABSC's proposal to Airbus (Beck, NR 9, ¶¶ 15-16; Moseley, NR                               











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